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UNICEF in Turkmenistan

Posted by maciula | in Education | on May 4th, 2008
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UNICEF advertises extensively their activities in Turkmenistan. Of course efforts of international humanitarian organisations regarding improvement of education system in the country are taking place but situation in general could by improved by Turkmen government only.    

Turkmen Facebook – Dead Zone

Below is the translation of Abdulgamid’s post from the Russian-language part of the blog.
Though the situation with Internet access, what’s most important, connection speed remains the same as in 1995, there is a number of our compatriots in the world virtual space.
There are over 1000 users with Turkmen citizenship are registered in the most […]

The Russian Language in Turkmenistan

Posted by maciula | in Opinion, Education, Culture | on February 26th, 2008

The author of the Nähili.com blog I have already written about devoted one of his posts to the problem of the Russian language in Turkmenistan. He wonders why many Turkmen use the Russian rather than their native Turkmen language in their everyday life. Indeed, it was one of the things that struck me when […]

Shame!

I’ll start by quoting news that I read today in the morning on the Turkmenistan.ru website. I must confess that I was dumbfounded after reading it. I didn’t know whether I should start laughing or crying first. Here’s a quote from the article:
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov was awarded an international order “For Outstanding Achievements […]

Turkmen Students Abroad Fear to Tell the Truth

The Voice of Freedom analytical bulletin of 18 January published an interesting article about Turkmen students studying in Kyrgyzstan who are afraid of tell the truth about the situation in their homeland.
Khalyk Dustyyev (which is not the true name of the author), a Turkmen student and a journalist based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, lists a […]

Turkmen impressions: the older and the younger generation

One of the most striking things about Turkmenistan is the difference between the older and the younger generation. Unlike in Western countries, it is not so much the way they behave, dress or spend free time that distinguishes the young from the old ones. Naturally, such differences are visible, but not as much as […]

New Foreign Education Programs

Posted by Conquistador | in Education, International Affairs | on November 22nd, 2007

The US embassy has been sponsoring a number of educational programs
recently, offering to take Turkmen students to the United States for
better education. The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program,
established in 1992 and covering all of Central Asia, allows students
to study in US universities for up to two years, and provides the
students with a large […]

No graduating class 2007: New Education Reforms

Looking back at the Spring 2007, especially at May 25th, which is traditionally last day of school and graduation ceremonies are held at every secondary school around post-soviet region, including Turkmenistan. But there were none this year… for the Turkmen good!
Fortunately, there was no graduating class 2007 even though many school students had already […]

Where will Turkmen students work at?

Abdulgamid’s original post in Russian  20.07.07, Translated by Merdjen
Topic of the previous Nurly’s post is hot and relevant as never before. The lack of experts in all fields of work - science, art, entertainment, business, industry, and agriculture -throws our country a century back to the epoch of colonialism, illiteracy and isolation.
Active work dynamic of the largest […]

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